Paper-dispensing apparatus.



G. LOIVIBARDQ.

PAPER DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. is, 1915.

1,196,872 PatentedAug. 29,1916.

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PAPER DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- !8, I915. 1 1 98 372 Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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PAPER-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed September 18, 1915. Serial No. 51,336.

To all whom 2'1, may concern;

Be it known that I, GIOVANNI LOMBARDO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of White Plains, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in paper dispensing apparatus, particularly as used in conjunction with barbers, dental, surgical and other reclining chairs, to furnish sanitary coverings for the head rest and at the same time, sheets of paper :fIOI' principal objects "are: First, to provide a covering inexpensive in cost, that can be easily and quickly renewed so that occupants of the chair may each be provided with a fresh, unused and hence clean and sanitary cover upon which the head rests, the waste paper serving at the same time for use in cleaning instruments, and secondly, to provide means whereby the material used as coverings may be supplied in sheet form from a roll, and the roll itself renewed from a supply source without dismounting from its supports. These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the annexed drawing, which form a material part of this specification, it being understood that changes may be made therein without departing from the scope of the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the upper part of a chair having a head-rest with the attachment applied and indicating in broken lines the arrangement for replenishing the sheet supply roller. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial elevational, partial sectional view of the supply roller and easing. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3,

drawn to an, enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a fractional view showing a modification of the roller and easing shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an elevational view in detail of the roller. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on line 77 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the feed roller support, and Fig. 9 is a perspective detail view of one of the paper supplysupports.

In these drawings the chair, referred to by the numeral 15, has attached to it a headrest 16, by means of the sliding bar 17, which may be adjusted as to height or removed in the usual manner; an adjustable pivoted joint 18 is commonly provided so that th head-rest can be set and clamped at any preferred angle, the rest-being further provided with a cushion 19 for the comfort of the occupant of the chair.

Rigidly attached to the ends of the side elements 20 of the headrest, near the joint 18, is a cylindrical casing 21, having permanently formed ends or heads 22 provided with hubs 23; part of the casing 21 is formed by a cover 24, hinged at 25 and secured in position, when closed, by catches 26, thus permitting access to the interior of the cylinder.

The edge of the cover 24 does not extend quite to the corresponding edge of the fixed portion of the casing but presents an open slot 27 through which paper wound upon the roller 30 may extend. This roller 30 is also slotted, as at 31, to receive the end of the paper sheet 28 so that it may be wound upon it or dispensed. A fixed collar 32 at one end and the hub of the gear 33 fastened upon the roller at the other prevent longitudinal movement of the roller.

Near the rear ends of the bars 20 are formed two circular apertures 35 and 36 opening into each other and adapted to receive the ends of the feed rolls 37 and 38, over the first of which the paper sheet 28 passes and then under the other over the block 39 and below the knife 40, fixed to extend between the bars 20, and adapted to sever the sheet when the extending end is raised forcibly against its cutting edge.

A crank handle 42 is secured to the extending end of the feed roll 37 by which it may be turned, thus frictionally engaging the paper sheet andadvance it outward to such an extent as may be desired. On the opposite end of the roll 37 is secured a gear 43 in operative relation to the gear 33, a chain 44 being used to communicate motion therebetween when it is desired to replenish the supply of paper upon the roller 30,-and it is to be noted that the chain 44 is sufiiciently loose or slack to allow it to be entirely removed when not in actual use.

Upon the bars 20 are rigid sockets 46, in which may be removably afiixed the lower ends of supports 47, the forked ends 48 of which are adapted to receive the shaft 49 of the casing-21 may hold.

"described.

In the modified form of easing shown in F g-- ,a.;.t1. 2 is p vi ed h a s 5 and furnished with reinovable ends 54 mm in engagement by the creasesbb which allow 7 the end covers to be snapped into place; in other} respectsthe construction is as before In operation, the supports 47 are inserted .in thefsocketslb, the supply roll mountedon them,th e free end of the sheet being passed into the casing through the slot 27 and. engaged 5 with the slotted roller 30, and the {chain etbeingi on the gears, the handle 42 is. turned, causing paper. to be wound upon the roller 30 until a suflicient quantity has been received. The paper is then severed in any convenient manner, the end being brought over the cushion 19 and fed between 1 the feed rollers 87-38, turned'by the handle 4C2. The supply roll 50, its supports and chain are then removed and the device is ready to be used in an obvious manner.

It is to be noticed that the paper will be tightly stretched and lie smoothly'over the surface'of the cushion and that upon operating-the handle, it ;will bedraWn outwardly i to-a pointwhereit can be grasped and severed by the knifetOpso that no waste need occur. Thus'it is possible to use a relatively small d supply ,roll,; unobjectionable in appearance,

; It w-ill be obvious that nowi'se in the, way or causing discomfort to the occupant ofthe. chair. fj L from a sanitary j standpoint the advantages are superior, as

only the sheet in use comes in contact with the person, the remainder, of the paper being, protected from perspiration, handling, dirt;, etc. and that the use .of the device is far ,more economical'than by paper in the form of a pad; also that the used sheets can be made furtheruse of inwiping instrumentsasrazors and the like, eifecting a very materlal saving. Y I

Hav ng thus vdescribed my inventlon and ascertained themanner of its construction and use, whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- I head-rest cover attachmentcomprising a pair of support bars, a slotted cylindrical casing-rigidly carried by said bars, a' paper rece ving. roller revolubly mounted in,- said .c'asing,.paper feed rollers mounted in said bars at the opposite ends thereof, a knife adjacently parallel to said feed roll- 'ers, meansfor rotating said feed rollers and means for supplying paper 'without dis- 1 mounting said receiving roller.

, '2. A headres t cover attachment compris ing a pair of bars, a fixed cylindrical casing Q at one end of saidbars, a paper carrying roller :revoluble therein, a pair of feed; rollers mounted in peripheral contact atthe opposlte ends of sald bars, means for rotatlng one of said feed rollers, means for communicating rotary motion between said feed rollers and said carrying roller, an auxiliary paper supply source removably engageable w'ith said bars and means combined with .said casing whereby access may be had to said carrying roll in securing paper thereto.

8. A head-rest coverattachment comprising a cylindrical casing having a fixed part and a movable part hinged longitudinally thereto, a slotted roller revolublein said casing adapted'to engage the end of a paper sheet, a supply source for paper, said supply source being removably engaged with the attachment, means for winding paper from said supply source upon said slotted roller and means for dispensing the paper from said roller. I 4c. In combination with a substantially rectangular head-rest, of a pair of bars secured laterallythereof, a slotted casing fixed atone end of said bars, a roller adapted to receive or dispense paper revolubly mounted centrally of said casing, feed rollers at the opposite ends of said bars, a knife parallel thereto, means for rotating said feed rollers and a driving means between said rollers and said paper roll whereby it may be rotated in either direction. 5. In combination with a cushioned headrest, of a frame attachedat the sides thereof,-. a cylindrical casing rigidly mounted on one end of said frame, a paper engaging roller revoluble in said casing, said roller being accessible through the walls of said casing, sockets on said frame, supports removably engageable in said sockets, a paper supply roll carried by said supports, the paper thereon'being engageable with said roller, feeding means mounted in said frame at the opposite end thereof,means for cutting the. paper into sheets, adjacent to said feeding means, means for winding paper from said supply roll upon said roller and means for advancing the sheet from said when f 1 6. The combination, with a chair and a head rest mounted thereupon, of a substantially cylindrical casing disposed adjacent one edge of said head rest and provided with a slot, a paper holding roller revolubly mounted within said casing, paper feed rollersdisposed adjacent the edge of said head frestopposite said casing and in suitable p0- 7. The combination, with a chair and a 130 head rest mounted thereupon, of a casing disposed adjacent one edge of said head rest, a paper-dispensing roller located Within said casing, paper feed mechanism disposed adjacent the edge of said head rest opposite said casing for the purpose of drawing paper from said paper dispensing roller and across said head rest, a sprocket Wheel carried by said paper feed mechanism,

movements of said paper feed mechanism,

independently of the tension of the paper.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification.

GIOVANNI LOMBARDO.

signed my Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenta.

Washington, D. G. 

